A number of the people on these pages paid the ultimate price when they lost
their lives while fighting for their country. The vast majority were not
career soldiers, but were conscripted in times of war. We remember here
those who fell, and below them, some of those who fought and survived.

American Civil War

Thomas Gilborn, of Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, was reported in the New York Times (4 June 1860) to have been bayonetted in the neck while serving with the Fenian forces near Buffalo, N.Y. It is believed that this was a wound and that hed did not die. Which Thomas was this?

Davis GILBORNE served with the 134th New York Regiment. His record reads:
"Farmer; single; age 27; enlisted August 14, 1862; contracted typhoid fever in July 1863; treated at Fort Schuyler Hospital and rejoined his regiment at Lookout Valley; served on the Atlanta campaign until taken prisoner at Peach Tree Creek; confined in Andersonville for two and a half months, then taken to Savannah and Millen, and paroled December 27, 1864; sent to Annapolis Md., and furloughed home for 30 days; reported at Camp Chase, Ohio, sent to Bedloe's Island, New York, to Morehead City, N.C.; rejoined his regiment at Raleigh and marched on the home route as far as Richmond; then transferred by transport to Washington, and rejoining his regiment, took part in the Grand Review; discharged June 10, 1865, West Point,

Boer War

Robert GILBOURNE, who lost three brothers in
wars, and served himself in the Boer War before being declared medically unfit
for further duty in 1903.

First World War

Second World War

Vince GILBOURNE lost a leg when he stepped on a mine in North Africa in WW2.

Roy GILBOURNE served in the Royal Navy in WWII, while his namesake served
in the RAF. The latter, an adopted son of Lyndon Gilbourne, was shot down
over Burma and spent seven months in a Japanese PoW camp.

Thomas BEVAN and Nancy GILBOURNE met at RAF Cosford during the second war.
Fortunately, both survived or I would not be here to write this. Some of their
photographs and memorabilia from their service days are included
here.

Footnote

There were undoubtedly many others from these pages who also served
in the World Wars, but we have no details.